Playing a Rhythm

„FINGERED

In the FINGERED mode, you play standard chord fingerings in the accompaniment keyboard range to play chords. To finger a C chord, for example, you would press the C-E-G keys.

FINGERED Mode Keyboard

 

 

 

 

Accompaniment

 

Melody keyboard range

keyboard range

 

 

IMPORTANT!

•In the FINGERED mode, the keys in the accompaniment keyboard range of the keyboard operate as “chord switches” only. You cannot use the keys in this keyboard range to play notes.

•You can use the split point to change the size of the accompaniment keyboard range. See “To specify the keyboard split point” on page E-11 for more information.

C

Cm

Cdim

Caug *1

Csus4

C7 *2

Cm7 *2

CM7 *2

Cm7b5

C7b5 *1

C7sus4

Cadd9

Cm add9

CmM7 *2

Cdim7 *1

NOTE

•See the “Fingered Chord Chart” on page A-4 for information about fingering chords with other roots in the accompaniment keyboard range.

*1 Inverted fingerings (see “Fingered Chord Notes” on page E-16) are not supported for these chords. The lowest note fingered is used as the root.

*2 For these chords, the same chord is specified even if

Fingered Chord Notes

•Except for the chords whose names have *1 after them in the above examples, you also can use inverted fingerings. This means that fingering either E-G-C or G-C-E will produces a C chord.

•Except for the chords whose names have *2 after them in the above examples, you need to press all of the indicated keys in order to finger a chord. Failure to include even a single note may produce a chord that is different from the one you want.

„FULL RANGE CHORD

The FULL RANGE CHORD mode lets you play a total of 38 different types of chords (the same chords available in the FINGERED mode plus 23 more). FULL RANGE CHORD recognizes the pressing of three or more keyboard keys anywhere on the keyboard as a chord fingering. Anything else (pressing one or two keys, or playing any group of notes that does not form a chord fingering that is recognized by the keyboard) is treated as melody notes.

FULL RANGE CHORD Mode Keyboard

Accompaniment Keyboard/Melody Keyboard

zRecognized Chords

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chord Types

FINGERED

15 (See “FINGERED” on page E-16.)

Mode Chords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For example, the following are chords

 

that have C as the bass note.

 

 

C6, Cm6, C69

Other Chords

 

Db

 

D E

 

 

F G Ab Bb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

, C , C

, C , C , C , C ,

 

 

 

 

B

 

Dbm Dm Fm Gm Am Bbm

 

 

C

, C , C , C , C , C , C ,

 

 

Ddim Ab7

 

F7 Fm7 Gm7 Abadd9

 

 

C , C ,

C

, C , C , C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example: C Major or CE chord

1

E G C

E G C

the G fifth is not fingered

2

NOTE

1 . . . . Chord C

2 . . . . Chord CE

•When there are at least six semitones between the lowest note and the next note to the right, the lowest note is assumed to be the bass note.

E-16

 

C